Best of the Northwest Writing Awards
Each year, the Northwest Science Writers Association recognizes and celebrates the outstanding talents of our membership during the past year.
The 2024 Best of the Northwest Awards are currently not yet recruiting. Recruitment typically opens in October or November; please check in around then. In the meantime, the 2023 rules for participation can be found here. Thank you!
Past Winners
The 2023 Best of the Northwest Award Winners
2023’s Best of the Northwest Awards feature clever chickadees, deep-sea octopi, tainted turmeric, and a quest for clean water, among others.
The 2022 Best of the Northwest Award Winners
The 2022 Best of the Northwest Awards feature carbon capture tech, botanical sexism, missing neutrinos, grizzlies, the science of sleep, and clean air.
The 2021 Best of the Northwest Award Winners
The 2021 Best of the Northwest Awards delve into what happens when the public turns against public health, how to navigating cancer care and fieldwork during the pandemic, and the 2020 Oregon wildfires.
The 2020 Best of the Northwest Award Winners
The 2020 Best of the Northwest Awards include how to find nature on Florida ranchlands and what its like to donate your brain to science. Many thanks to our the Allen Institute for sponsoring this year’s competition!